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IPL 2025 points table updates: Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Ajinkya Rahane in the match played in the IPL on Thursday, defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad, captained by Pat Cummins by 80 runs. With this big win, KKR has made a long jump in the points table, while the condition of Hyderabad has become worse.
Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 200 runs. In the final overs, Venkatesh Iyer batted smoothly, he scored 60 runs in 29 balls. Angrish Raghuvanshi also played a brilliant half -century (50) innings. Chasing the target, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s team shattered. The team lost the wickets of the top 4 batsmen for 44 runs as Travis Head (4), Abhishek Sharma (2), Ishaan Kishan (2), Nitish Kumar Reddy (19).
Vaibhav Arora, who came as an impact player, demolished the top order of SRH. He also made Heinrich Klassen his victim after the wicket of Head, Ishaan Kishan. Klassen scored 33 runs, which was the biggest score in Hyderabad’s innings. The entire team collapsed for 120 runs and KKR won the match by 80 runs.
KKR up 5 places
After this magnificent victory, the KKR team has made a long jump in the IPL points table, it has benefited by 5 places. This team, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, has come from 10th to 5th. He has won 2 out of 4 matches, its net run rate is +0.070.
This is the third consecutive defeat of Sunrisers Hyderabad, the team won its first match in the bus season. After the defeat against KKR, the team has reached number 8 to 10th. KKR’s net run rate is -1.612.
Who has an orange cap and purple cap
After the KKR vs SRH match, Orange Cap is with Lucknow player Nicholas Puran, he has 189 runs in 3 matches. Purple Cap CSK player Noor Ahmed has 9 wickets in 3 matches.